Talk:The Magic School Bus (book series)/Archive 1

Character pages
The character pages here should be merged back into the main article. This is the standard in these kinds of articles, for example Bash Street Kids. -- Tim Starling 23:55, Aug 6, 2003 (UTC)
 * Well, the headlines about the characters have to be really long and there should be a template of each of the characters, showing first appearance, height, hair color, relatives and favorite colors, although Phoebe's favorite colors are red and yellow. However in roles, Ms. Frizzle is the teacher and bus driver and the eight children are students. The rest of the class each have the color of hair they always have in all adaptations, except for Arnold, who is a redhead in the books and television series, and has blonde hair in the computer games. You will also need screenshots of the characters. --PJ Pete

Magic School Bus Section
Wow, all of a sudden we have a very extensive Magic School Bus section. Good work, even if there might, perhaps, be some somewhat more important matters out there. - SimonP 01:42, Aug 7, 2003 (UTC)
 * Indeed, it is good. But there are too many articles. See also Atlas Shrugged, for the primary precedent regarding article count in fiction articles. -- Tim Starling 01:53, Aug 7, 2003 (UTC)
 * I also just started a wikiquote section on the Magic School Bus. Daleliop1 09:34, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Page Name
The Magic School Bus is a franchise. There's different kinds. If you're talking about the television series, the article must include the words in parentheses after the words "The Magic Scool Bus", "TV series." Also, there should be articles about the computer games and should contain information about the games. --PJ Pete

Liz
Liz's character bio lists her as "probably a chameleon." I'm afraid to argue with this (especially because of the scientifically accurate bug fact), but wasn't the joke that she is a monitor lizard? (She's the hall monitor, classroom monitor, etc., etc.)

Voice Actor Bios
Could someone please try to find out more about the actual voice actors/actresses who played these characters? Info is really lacking on some of them... Secos5 15:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Characters
I just did a new characters thing. Hopefully it won't be messed up too much. I have screencaps of my own I plan on adding to the character bios.

Theme Song Title
In the opening of the page, the theme song is given as "Ride on the Magic School Bus", but at the bottom it is listed as "On the Magic School Bus". Which is it?
 * The first one of course since the second one is the same title with "ride" taken off and with an uppercase O for "On". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trainfan01 (talk • contribs) 01:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Credits
The credits for this show take up a lot of space on the page. Are they really necessary? I haven't seen any other shows with credits listed. --Jothesmo 07:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That is exactly what I thought, either merge important figures or get rid of it. Andrewjd 17:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

What about something to cover the mistakes that may have been on the show?
No text --TRCdemon 01:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge
There was a recent merge of Ms. Frizzle into this article without discussion, that was reverted then reverted back. The first revert clearly indicated interest in *not* merging, so I've created this place for discussion.Rhindle The Red 13:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * And yet Ms. Frizzle has no character information, just a link to her article, which is a re-directed link back to the magic school bus page. So now she has neither a page of her own or a character article as a subsection of this one. Where is her information? Nekorin 11:52, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Keesha's surname
Is it ever actually specified in the series that Keesha's surname is Franklin? I know it's her grandmother's surname, but I don't remember them ever saying whether that was her maternal or paternal grandmother. (And while we're on the subject of surnames, where does the "Terese" reference for Phoebe come from?) -- Agur bar Jacé 14:03, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Phoebe's last name is mentioned in the episode "Gains Weight". 67.171.170.241 07:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Location of Walkerville
In what state could the fictional town of Walkerville mentioned in the series be? I presume it could be Washington State, location of Microsoft, Montana or Michigan, both of which have their own Walkervilles, or Colorado, as that its location appeared to be on a map in a MSB computer game. Could any one verify this?Thegreatglobetrotter 20:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably the last one as you mentioned the proof in a computer game (Colorado) although in the episode Taking Flight it is revealed to have a city hall (dome) in its town center so I don't know. trainfan01

Lily Tomlin is a teacher?
If so, her bio page should be updated and a citation given. 169.232.78.24 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 06:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Chapter Books
Will someone please list the names of all of the Magic School Bus chapter books on this article?68.250.129.168 (talk) 00:43, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It’s Phoebe’s turn to take care of Liz, the class pet, for the weekend. And she and Ralphie want to find Liz a pet of her own. What kind of pet would make a good friend for Liz? A mammal? A bird? A fish? A reptile? Leave it to Liz to fi d for herself!nd a new friend
 * LIZ TAKES FLIGHT
 * It’s Arnold’s turn to take care of Liz, the class pet, for the weekend. Wanda comes over to help Arnold with his homework - to make something fly. Liz tries to help, too, but she ends up getting stuck in a tree! What can they use to rescue Liz? A glider? A kit? An airplane? Find out in this high-flying adventure!
 * Liz Looks for a Home
 * It's Ralphie's turn to take care of Liz, the class pet, for the weekend. But Ralphie left Liz's habitat at school. Now Liz has nowhere to stay! What kind of home is best for Liz? A nest? A pond? A rock? A hole in a tree? Join in the fun as Liz looks for a home!
 * Liz Sorts It Out
 * It's Arnold's turn to take care of Liz, the class pet, for the weekend. And he and Keesha are taking Liz to a rock collection show. But Arnold has so many rocks that he can't decide how to organize them! Leave it to Liz to come up with some really fun ways to sort out this problem! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.47.110.45 (talk) 13:29, 2 November 2009 (UTC)